#3 Rowllin Borges
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The Goan youngster started the year on the highest note possible. In the SAFF Cup final against Afghanistan, he was India’s best player on the pitch. On a day when Eugeneson Lyngdoh was not having a great game, he stepped up and proved to be a rock in midfield.
For Sporting Clube de Goa, there was considerable success in the I-League as a team, and Rowllin was at the centre of most good things that they did.
Rowllin was also terrific in NorthEast United’s quest to reach their first ISL semifinal. They fell just short but it was again a stage where the 24-year-old demonstrated his class.
He was one of only three players in their squad not from the north-eastern part of the country, and the Goan proved his owners right, for looking out of just their usual catchment area.
Rowllin Borges will be the country’s most important midfielder in a very short while from now, and if not for a certain Meghalayan, he probably already is.
